On Apr 27, 2006, at 7:08 PM, Christian Heilmann wrote: >>> Is this a planned for css3? I am not really that bothered but the >>> two things graphic designers (argggh!!) ask me are... >>> (i) why does IE not render text? >> Georg had a good answer. >>> (ii) can the text not be in my own chosen font. >> As a member of the W3C CSS Working Group I can tell you that there is >> not currently any provision in CSS3 for using fonts that need >> downloading at read time. However, that has been a topic of recent >> discussion. So, there's a very tiny glimmer of hope. >> Be aware that the standards making process is long and tedious, >> and then >> is followed by an implementation period that is also long and >> tedious. >> If it does happen, it might be years before we see it actually >> implemented in browsers. > > huh? > What about http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-webfonts/#font-descriptions
And from CSS2.0 <http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/fonts.html#font-descriptions> <http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/fonts.html#referencing> which moved out of CSS 2.1 due to lack of implementation, copyright issues, and other. And there is currently a (sometimes) interesting discussion on the www-style mailing list <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2006Apr/0070.html> (the CSS-WG asking for feedback). > > Personally I dread the day when designers can force me to download a > 1.4MB ttf in CSS. I also can forsee the day where this will become a > massive security vulnerability. +1 on this. Philippe --- Philippe Wittenbergh <http://emps.l-c-n.com> ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
